Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image forming device capable of detecting abnormality in temperature sensing member
- Patent Title (中): 能够检测温度检测部件异常的图像形成装置
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Application No.: US14165929Application Date: 2014-01-28
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Publication No.: US09122218B2Publication Date: 2015-09-01
- Inventor: Tatsuya Koyama , Atsushi Ozawa
- Applicant: Tatsuya Koyama , Atsushi Ozawa
- Applicant Address: JP Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken
- Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken
- Agency: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.
- Priority: JP2013-013995 20130129; JP2014-009327 20140122
- Main IPC: G03G15/20
- IPC: G03G15/20 ; G03G15/00

Abstract:
An image forming device including: an image forming unit; a heating body; a power supply unit; a temperature sensing member; and a controller. The image forming unit is configured to form an image on a recording sheet. The heating body is configured to heat the recording sheet on which the image is formed. The power supply unit is configured to supply power to the heating body. The temperature sensing member is configured to detect a temperature of the heating body. The controller is configured to: control the power supply unit based on the detected temperature; determine whether or not a high-power output state of the power supply unit has continued for a first duration under a print control process; and judge that the temperature sensing member is in an abnormal state when determination is made so that the high-power output state has continued for the first duration.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140212156A1 Image Forming Device Capable of Detecting Abnormality in Temperature Sensing Member Public/Granted day:2014-07-31
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